SINGAPORE: The Alpha Data Centre Fund (Alpha DC Fund) has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary has acquired a 3,840 sqm plot of freehold land in Gore Hill Technology Park to develop a data centre in Sydney, Australia. The Alpha DC Fund is managed by Alpha Investment Partners Limited (Alpha), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Capital….
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ReAssure announces to acquire Quilter UK for £425mn
LONDON: ReAssure Group, a leading UK closed book life insurance consolidator, has agreed to acquire the UK Heritage business of Quilter plc for a total consideration of £425 million. ReAssure is a leading closed book life insurance consolidator in the UK. With £69 billion of assets under administration, it is the sixth largest life insurance…
Ithmaar Holding announces plans to voluntarily delist from Boursa Kuwait
MANAMA, BAHRAIN: Ithmaar Holding has announced plans to voluntarily delist from Boursa Kuwait, while maintaining its listing on the Bahrain Bourse and Dubai Financial Market (DFM). Ithmaar is Bahrain-based holding company that is licenced and regulated as a Category-1 Investment Firm by the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) and listed on the Bahrain Bourse, Dubai…
Trackwise signs collaboration agreement with GKN Aerospace
LONDON: Trackwise Designs Plc, a leading provider of specialist products using printed circuit technology, has signed a Collaboration Agreement with GKN Aerospace, (GKN), the world’s leading multi-technology tier 1 aerospace supplier, for the industrialisation of GKN Aerospace Type 8 Ice Protection System. The collaboration agreement will see GKN Aerospace and Trackwise build upon existing development…
Highlands to supply hemp-derived CBD to Cellulac plc
LONDON: Highlands Natural Resources has entered into a two-year agreement to provide hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD), grown under quality-controlled conditions to Cellulac plc for conversion to medical grade CBD. The agreement with Cellulac will provide for the conversion of the CBD, supplied by Highlands, into medical-grade CBD and submission of the finished products to Integumen’s Labskin…
Majestic Wine to sell its retail and commercial business for £100mn
LONDON: Majestic Wine PLC has entered into an agreement to sell Majestic Wine Warehouses Limited and Les Celliers de Calais, which together comprise the Majestic Retail and Commercial businesses to CF Bacchus Holdings Limited, a vehicle controlled by funds managed by Fortress Investment Group LLC, for a total consideration of £95 million. A separate sale…
Matthew Farnum-Schneider appointed CEO of Ultimate Sports
LONDON: Ultimate Sports Group has announced the appointment of Matthew Farnum-Schneider as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with effect from 1 August 2019. Matthew Farnum-Schneider is an experienced senior executive, having most recently been a Managing Director and Senior Adviser to the CEO at Credit Suisse between 2015-2019, prior to which he was Managing Director at…
Georgia Capital acquires 80% stake in Green School LLC
LONDON: Georgia Capital PLC has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire an 80% equity interest in Green School LLC. The transaction values Green School at 5.8x EV/EBITDA 2020 based on initial consideration payable by Georgia Capital upon transaction completion. An additional earn-out may apply if the existing school campus annual earnings reach GEL 2…
Uniphar announces completion of Durbin acquisition
DUBLIN: Uniphar plc has announced the successful completion of the acquisition of Durbin plc and Durbin Inc, a specialist provider of pharmaceuticals with offices in the UK and the US supplying over 160 countries. Durbin will be integrated into Uniphar’s Product Access division, providing the Group with the opportunity to become a leading player in…
GSK and Pfizer form new world-leading consumer healthcare joint venture
LONDON: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has completed its transaction with Pfizer to combine their consumer healthcare businesses into a world-leading Joint Venture (JV). GSK has a controlling equity interest of 68% and Pfizer has an equity interest of 32% in the Joint Venture. Joint Venture brings together two highly complementary portfolios of trusted consumer health brands, including…
LSEG acquires Refinitiv for $27bn to become largest global FMI provider
LONDON: London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) has agreed definitive terms with a consortium including certain investment funds affiliated with Blackstone as well as Thomson Reuters to acquire the Refinitiv business in an all share transaction for a total enterprise value of approximately US$27 billion. Blackstone’s consortium includes an affiliate of Canada Pension Plan Investment…
Vodafone completes acquisition of European Liberty Global assets
LONDON: Vodafone Group has completed the acquisition of Liberty Global’s operations in Germany and the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Romania (CEE) for a total enterprise value of €18.4 billion. Vodafone now becomes Europe’s leading converged operator with 54 million cable and fibre households ‘on-net’ and a total next-generation network reach of 124 million homes and…